Gabi Witthaus and Terese BirdBeyond Distance Research Alliance

University of Leicester

ALT Learning Technologist of the Year:

Team Award 2009

European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning:UNIQUe Award 2009

Sustainability: Technology UseWill look at sustainability of tech use by each

of the two schools involved in DUCKLING, for each of:Second LifePodcastseReaders

Second Life - PsychologyAcademics would need to keep up practicing in

Second Life (such as one did ) for confidenceAcademics would need to consult with

educational designer and technologist to design activity

Academics could train up new students in SL and do e-tivities themselves if they wished

Sustainable - yes

Second Life - EducationUse of LanguageLab – separate, external SL

resourceFlexibleAcademics can continue to make use of

language teaching schools in SL as a learning resource

Second Life has become optional part of CALL module

Sustainable - yes

Podcasting – Both SchoolsAcademics from both Schools felt

comfortable creating their own podcasts and posting on VLE

Might need assistance with new Wimba Voice Board in the short run (still political issues with that tech)

Sustainable – yesAlready embedded in courses

Pedagogical Podcasts!

eBook Readers - bothPurchase of eReaders for each student seems

expensive but was a savings (money and time) from printing and shipping loads of notes

Not difficult to change into epubs and post onto Bbd

Students coming to uni with their own ereaders? Perhaps not quite yet, but many have iPhones, iPod Touches, and soon iPads… it will soon be commonplace to provide materials in these formats

Sustainability: PedagogyEducation

New head of courseNeed new philosophy: integrate assessment into

online discussion forumUpcoming meeting with new team -hope springs

eternalPsychology

Podcasting has become mainstream, administratively and in every other way

Ebook readers saved so much money – every chance to continue

Second Life – bit of a wild card but very possible